The NYPD's New Crime-Fighting Technology

New York City police officers will soon be armed with a new crime fighting tool: a mobile app. Pervaiz Shallwani reports on the News Hub. Photo: NYPD.

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... the ... senior police officers will have a new partner in the field ... how the outlets the monitor information like a rest records and nine one one calls in real time ... that's a very new pilot program the NYPD and failed to date joining in with the deatails is Wall Street Journal reporter for the silent ... these things and here ... I sit with this pattern starting out it's the story ... well ... its deputy chairman was to start this thing is to be rolled out sometime the next ... three for the next two to three months on the cross and the right now the process of ... tweaking the app ... that's going to be used aam ... and can use on a tablet or possibly even any cellphone at some point the future ... on that ... and then didn't go in there and then was the duty of ... the pilot programs and they're looking for feedback from offices news that feedback to ... do a larger role ... as FFA said the ADF to have you ever Nasir dislike set of officers to beat the average tablet app feeds and what kind of detail what you do so at the peak next to the domain awareness system so it does is cut out this middleman almost if you will ... feel the radio or the soulful for that cellphone call ... ahh and allows officers to look at whatever limited information the NYPD or whatever fits their specific job duty that they would need in order to be in the field whether it's ... arrest records for popcorn and one attacks of nine one one phone calls ... our ... cameras ... the license to the readers so I think about these options even think about them like sitting in the car and they get that call from the radio saying ... that if I want all you need airport to this address ... lots of blankets to make a lot simpler and you know stated the police Mr please make a lot safer and when they're showing up to receive ... this way when they when they get an address book and pop up on the computer ... will be things like on ... of redress for the people inside the house ... aam search for stutter out the people if they have bought access to guns audience in gun permits ... so in office are showing up without resorting armed with this information ... you know knowing a debt to gimmicks assess the situation ... at a time instead of walking is something where they might be surprised ... again I make it quicker and easier for the first bombing isn't in play and share ... a year and one other things he did mention that the stats on what's been a show while Tuesday's nine one one focal will be flying around inside the screen ... in their specific sector within one of the precinct therein ... aam and so the tax those phone calls allow them to essentially be able to respond faster vs ... you know going through this afternoon going out as the dispatchers getting vocal be getting the same time as well as a physical another type of time and bring this up ... I think like the acting the part of it is just realizing how we can help me that's the news and ... make sure their tweaking it the right way so they're not spending all this money on these products that you know one another in the news